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May 16, 2004
Eric's Urban Legends: "The Baby Train"
A friend of a friend of mine used to live in a city that was being studied by sociologists. You see, the last time they did the census they discovered an unusually high birth rate in a very specific part of town, so they were sent to find out why that was.
These sociologists worked on this puzzle for weeks and couldn't figure it out -- they couldn't find anything unusual about that part of town that would result in this kind of phenomenon. One day, the janitor overheard them discussing the issue, and he came up and enlightened them:
"Oh, yes. There's an early morning train that goes right through that part of town. It wakes everyone up at 4:30 in the morning, and since it's too early to get up but too late to go back to sleep, everyone takes this time to fill out adoption papers."
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These sociologists worked on this puzzle for weeks and couldn't figure it out -- they couldn't find anything unusual about that part of town that would result in this kind of phenomenon. One day, the janitor overheard them discussing the issue, and he came up and enlightened them:
"Oh, yes. There's an early morning train that goes right through that part of town. It wakes everyone up at 4:30 in the morning, and since it's too early to get up but too late to go back to sleep, everyone takes this time to fill out adoption papers."
